Bill Text: IL HR0254 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Recognizes various programs as qualified to teach character development, and acknowledges that the Good Choices Program is one example of a program fully in compliance with provisions of the School Code concerning character education.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0254 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR0254-Amended.html

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 254
AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 254 by replacing
everything after the heading of the resolution with the
following:
"WHEREAS, Section 27-12 of the School Code states that
"every public school teacher shall teach character education,
which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility,
fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order
to raise pupils' honesty, kindness, justice, discipline,
respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of
lessening crime and raising the standard of good character";
and
WHEREAS, School is not the only opportunity for lessons of
character development to occur; it is often difficult for
school districts and community organizations to identify and
find resources and programs that meet the statutory educational

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requirements, and educational opportunities often arise only
in a haphazard way throughout the period of a season or school
year; and
WHEREAS, Examples of a need for programs that can meet the
needs of a changing society are present from institutions of
higher education, newspapers, and the media that decry the lack
of character development and moral and ethical education and
the seeming lack of moral judgment in making business,
political, and even personal decisions; and
WHEREAS, There are Illinois programs that can have great
positive impact on the character development of the children of
this State and that satisfy Section 27-12 of the School Code;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we recognize that there are Illinois programs that are
qualified to teach character development and that are fully in
compliance with Section 27-12 of the School Code.".